# A. Mylne & Co.

> A. Mylne & Co. (Alfred Mylne & Co.) is one of the world's oldest yacht design houses, founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1896 by Alfred Mylne I. The firm has continuously designed classic and contemporary sailing yachts for nearly 130 years through three principal designers: Alfred Mylne I (1872–1936), Alfred Mylne II (1900–1980), and Ian Nicolson (1928–present). This site is the official archive and active practice of A. Mylne & Co., based at Limekilns, Fife.

The site contains:
- A searchable **Register of Yachts** — roughly 580 published yachts built to Mylne designs, with ownership history, photographs, and provenance.
- A searchable **Design Archive** — roughly 1,000 published designs (lines plans, construction drawings, sail plans, deck arrangements) catalogued by Mylne design number.
- An **Owner Community** layer where verified current and former owners, crew, and supporters can contribute history, photographs, and discussion to each yacht's record.
- **Heritage articles** on the three principal designers and the Bute Slip Dock.
- A working **brokerage** and **services** practice for classic Mylne yachts.

All content is canonical primary-source material curated by the firm. URLs use the pattern `/yacht-register/yachts/{slug}-{id}/` and `/design-archive/designs/{design_number}-{slug}/`.

## Yacht Register

- [Register of Yachts (index)](https://www.mylne.com/yacht-register/): List of all published yachts with name, design number, year built, and current status.
- Per-yacht pages live at `/yacht-register/yachts/{slugified-name}-{yacht-id}/` and contain: original and current name, design link, builder, year built, dimensions (LOA/LWL/beam/draft), sail and engine details, port of registry, ownership history (current and former owners, with consent), crew history (current and former crew), public notes, and community contributions.
- Example: [Lady Trix](https://www.mylne.com/yacht-register/yachts/lady-trix-1761/)

## Design Archive

- [Design Archive (index)](https://www.mylne.com/design-archive/): List of all published designs by Mylne design number with name, year, type, and key dimensions.
- Per-design pages live at `/design-archive/designs/{design-number}-{slugified-name}/` and contain: design number, original and current name, designer (Mylne I / II or Ian Nicolson), year of design, intended type and rule, dimensions, builder hints, and a gallery of drawing thumbnails. Full-resolution drawings are licensed via the shop.
- Sister yachts (other yachts built to the same design) are cross-linked from each design page.

## Community

- [Recent activity feed](https://www.mylne.com/community/) — new stories, sightings, photographs, and ownership claims from across the fleet.

## Heritage

- [Alfred Mylne I (1872–1936)](https://www.mylne.com/heritage/alfred-mylne-i)
- [Alfred Mylne II (1900–1980)](https://www.mylne.com/heritage/alfred-mylne-ii)
- [Ian Nicolson (1928–)](https://www.mylne.com/heritage/ian-nicolson)
- [Bute Slip Dock](https://www.mylne.com/heritage/bute-slip-dock)

## Services and Shop

- [Yacht design](https://www.mylne.com/services/design), [Build & restoration](https://www.mylne.com/services/build), [Brokerage](https://www.mylne.com/services/brokerage), [Ownership support](https://www.mylne.com/services/ownership-support)
- [Shop](https://www.mylne.com/shop) — books and original drawings
- [The Book — *Alfred Mylne: Scotland's Greatest Yacht Designer*](https://www.mylne.com/the-book)

## Index files

- [Sitemap](https://www.mylne.com/sitemap.xml) — every public URL, machine-readable
- [robots.txt](https://www.mylne.com/robots.txt) — AI crawlers are explicitly welcomed; `/account` and `/admin` are disallowed

## Public API

A read-only JSON REST API is available for programmatic access:

- [API documentation](https://www.mylne.com/api/) — endpoints, parameters, examples
- Base URL: `https://wvkikoriydkbcxawqign.supabase.co/functions/v1/api`
- [OpenAPI spec](https://wvkikoriydkbcxawqign.supabase.co/functions/v1/api/openapi.json)

Key endpoints:
- `GET /v1/yachts?q={name}` — search the yacht register
- `GET /v1/yachts/{slug}` — yacht detail (slug = `{name}-{id}`)
- `GET /v1/yachts/{slug}/owners` — ownership history (non-consenting names shown as "Withheld")
- `GET /v1/designs/{number}` — design detail by Mylne design number
- `GET /v1/designs/{number}/drawings` — public-thumbnail drawings
- `GET /v1/recent-activity` — unified activity feed across the fleet

All endpoints respect the same privacy gates as the HTML pages. No authentication required.

## Optional

- [Contact](https://www.mylne.com/contact)
- [Become a supporter](https://www.mylne.com/become-a-supporter) — donations help digitise and preserve the archive
- [Privacy policy](https://www.mylne.com/privacy-policy)